Lean manufacturing glossary What is WCM in Lean manufacturing? WCM – world class manufacturing is the philosophy of being the best, the fastest, and the lowest cost producer of a product or service. It implies the constant improvement of products , processes, and services to remain an industry leader and provide the best choice for [...]

Lean manufacturing glossary What is Water spider in Lean manufacturing? Water spider – one who performs a wide range of tasks which allow workers to perform ‘value-added’ tasks. You can ref more Lean manufacturing definitions at: Lean manufacturing terms. Tips to search more definitions You can use structures as below for search engines such as: [...]

Lean manufacturing glossary What is Teian in Lean manufacturing? Teian – a proposal, proposition, or suggestion. A teian system can be likened to a system which allows and encourages workers to actively propose process and product improvements. You can ref more Lean manufacturing definitions at: Lean manufacturing terms. Tips to search more definitions You can [...]

Lean manufacturing glossary What is Takt Time (TT) in Lean manufacturing? Takt Time (TT). The pace at which work must be completed to meet customer demand. To calculate, divide the available work time by the customer demand for that period. For example, if a call center receives 900 calls per shift, and there are 27,000 [...]

Lean manufacturing glossary What is Standard Work in Lean manufacturing? Standard Work. Documentation of the best known method for completing a task or activity. This becomes the way for everyone working on that process to perform the work. This also becomes the baseline for future work. In the words of Taichii Ohno, “where there is [...]

Lean manufacturing glossary What is Stakeholder in Lean manufacturing? Stakeholder – Anyone who has an interest in a process, typically as supplier, customer or one who actually performs the work. You can ref more Lean manufacturing definitions at: Lean manufacturing terms. Tips to search more definitions You can use structures as below for search engines [...]

Lean manufacturing glossary What is Spaghetti Diagram in Lean manufacturing? Spaghetti Diagram. A diagram representing the physical path taken by a product (or service) as it travels through all the steps required to transform a requirement into a deliverable. This can also be used to draw the path walked by those involved in completing the [...]

Lean manufacturing glossary What is SMED in Lean manufacturing? SMED – abbreviation for Single Minute Exchange of Die; literally, changing a die on a forming or stamping machine in a minute or less; broadly, the ability to perform any setup activity in ten or fewer minutes of process downtime; the key to doing this is [...]

Lean manufacturing glossary What is Shojinka in Lean manufacturing? Shojinka – continually optimizing the number of workers in a work center to meet the type and volume of demand imposed on the work center; shojinka requires workers trained in multiple disciplines; work center layout, such as U-shaped or circular, that supports a variable number of [...]

Lean manufacturing glossary What is Setup time in Lean manufacturing? Setup time – work required to change over a machine or process from one item or operation to the next item or operation; can be divided into two types: 1. internal: setup work that can be done only when the machine or process is not [...]